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Last Call to Prayer

China’s Hui Muslims are unique in many respects. The country’s second-largest ethnic minority share linguistic and cultural ties with the majority in China that have allowed them to practice their religion with less interference and fewer restrictions than others, like Uighur Muslims and Tibetans. Outside of China, the Hui practice of installing women as the head of female-only mosques has been viewed with criticism and admiration. In this video, we look inside the lives of Hui women and what the practice, and the religion, means to them.

Women have led Muslim congregations in China for generations, but their tradition’s success may be its own undoing

The women of Sangpo know well they are the guardians of a 300-year-old custom that sets them apart in Islam and they are increasingly mindful that economic development could be that tradition’s undoing. Continue reading…

A look at the growing influence and unusual changes of Western culture on Chinese society and politics today. Reporting for the PBS News Hour.

Kathleen discusses her investigation for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting about the a flood of fake pharmaceuticals from Asia in Africa.

This report is part of the Pulitzer Center sponsored project: “China’s Angry Reaction Hides Some Real Concern Over Fakes”

On World Malaria Day, a discussion with the Pulitzer Center about fake medications in Africa and China’s reaction to the discussion.

On April 25th, 2013, for World Malaria Day, the Pulitzer Center hosted a Google Hangout on fake drugs around the world. Pulitzer Center grantee Kathleen McLaughlin spoke about her reporting project on fake drugs in east Africa, and her work tracking the origins of the drugs back to China and India.

Reporting from Rwanda: Gorilla orphans get rehabilitated in Rwanda and prepare to return home to a war-torn Congo.

VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Rwanda — Traumatized baby gorillas get a second chance at the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project in Rwanda.